CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2012-0216
SPOT 4 DEB
SPOT 4 DEB (NORAD 37576) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 18 June 2012.
Official dateFragment record
NORAD number
37576
International designator
1998-017D
Object type
Fragment
Country
France
Parent launched
24 Mar 1998Guiana Space Centre
Re-entered (UTC)
18 Jun 2012UTC calendar day
Time since launch
14 years, 2 months5,200 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
81.1°N to 81.1°SFinal inclination 98.9°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 98.9°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 81.1°N and 81.1°S.
Life in orbit
SPOT 4 DEB’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 18 Jun 2012
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Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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